Josh Hartnett Covers 'Corduroy'

On where he’s been the past few years: “I’ve taken a couple years off from acting in film. For a while now, I’ve been kind of uninspired to act. When you don’t have any control [over your career] it can be really difficult.”

On rebelling against the ‘movie star’ industry: “When you first start really young and you have some success, they want to take away your edges and make you into this proto-typical movie star and everybody I know has pretty much fought against it. People don’t like to be boxed in and actors are no different.”

On his newfound outlook: “I started when I was 17 and when you’re that age, you’re a bag full of nerves. I was a little bit freaked out by the whole industry. But now I’m actively looking for things that scare me; things that push me outside my comfort zone. As an actor, that’s the only way you grow and the only way you create something truly interesting for yourself and the audience as well.”